ClasséAbbey · protected 1990Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Ré, dite des ChâteliersPhoto: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Ré, dite des Châteliers · Photo: Chris06 · CC BY-SA 4.03historic monuments
History of La Flotte · Monuments historiques
3 historic monuments, 2 classé
The ministry first listed a monument in La Flotte in 1988. A protected historic area (site patrimonial remarquable) is on the ministry’s list; its rules are still being drawn up. La Flotte’s oldest monuments date from the 12th century. 3 of La Flotte’s monuments are in our photos.
Monuments historiques
3
Classé
2
the highest protection
Inscrit
1
the second level
Oldest part
12th c.
of any listed monument
Homes before 1919
10%
median compared town 7.4%
In pictures
Monuments of La Flotte in pictures
Tap a photo to step through them full screen.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server, each credited to its photographer with its license; names open the monument’s page.
Map
Where La Flotte’s monuments stand
Every monument with a point on the ministry’s list; the larger, darker dots are classé.
ClasséInscrit
Tap a dot to open the monument’s page: its record, photo and the monuments around it.
3 monuments by protection
2 Classé1 Inscrit
Classé is the higher protection: any work on the building needs the State’s permission. Work on an inscrit building must be declared to the State in advance. Around both, building work in sight of the monument (usually within 500 m) needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
Points as the ministry gives them: a monument spread over several plots has one point.
Classé
2 classé monuments in La Flotte
Classé is France’s highest protection for a building, held by about a third of the monuments on the list. Each card opens the monument’s page.
ClasséFort · protected 2008Fort de la PréePhoto: Original uploader was Pep.per at fr.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Inscrit
One inscrit monument in La Flotte
Inscrit is the second level of protection: the building is worth keeping, and any work on it must be declared.
InscritChurch · protected 1988Église paroissiale Sainte-CatherinePart of the building is protectedPhoto: Llann Wé² · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Protected area
A protected historic area is on its way in La Flotte
Sites patrimoniaux remarquables on the Culture ministry’s list, with the plan in force.
| Area | Created as | Plan in force |
|---|---|---|
| SPR75-15 | ZPPAUP November 24, 1993 | Still being drawn up |
A site patrimonial remarquable protects a whole area rather than one building: inside it, building work follows the area’s own plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
The list gives no boundaries, so the map can’t show the area.
Towns its size
La Flotte has the 5th most monuments of 41 towns its size
Compared French towns of 3,100 to 3,200 residents, by historic monuments.
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The median town of these has 1. 13 of the 41 have none.
Neighbors
Historic monuments in the towns around La Flotte
| Town | Residents | Monuments | Classé | Protected area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Flotte | 3,150 | 3 | 2 | Yes |
| Sainte-Marie-de-Ré | 3,412 | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| L'Houmeau | 3,000 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Nieul-sur-Mer | 5,811 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Lagord | 7,802 | 0 | 0 | — |
| La Rochelle | 79,851 | 294 | 28 | Yes |
| Marsilly | 3,176 | 1 | 1 | — |
In brief
La Flotte in brief
La Flotte’s oldest monument, Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Ré, dite des Châteliers, dates from the 12th century. In all there are 3 historic monuments, 2 of them classé. Only 4 of the 41 towns nearest its size have more historic monuments. Beyond that, Jacques Gilles Henri Goguet (1767) and Gustave Dechézeaux (1760) were born here before 1900; the list grew between 1988 and 2008; and 10% of its homes were built before 1919, close to the 7.4% in the median compared French town.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Monuments historiques. France protects buildings at two levels. Classé, the higher (about a third of the list), means any work needs the State’s permission; inscrit means work must be declared to the State in advance. The Culture ministry’s Mérimée base lists every protected building, and this page counts them.
- Partly protected. Many entries protect part of a building only (its façades and roofs, a staircase, a painted room). Each counts as one monument, like a fully protected one.
- Where a monument is counted. In the commune named on its protection, moved to today’s commune where communes have since merged. A monument listed for several communes counts in each.
- Sites patrimoniaux remarquables. Since 2016 France’s protected historic areas (the former secteurs sauvegardés, ZPPAUP and AVAP) share one name. Inside one, building work follows the area’s plan and needs the agreement of the architecte des Bâtiments de France.
- What isn’t here. Protected objects (furniture, organs, paintings), old buildings with no protection, UNESCO World Heritage listings and labels such as “Plus Beaux Villages de France” aren’t on this list, so this page doesn’t count them.
- No History Grade yet. Everything on this page is described, not graded: France’s History Grade isn’t built yet.
Questions about the history of La Flotte
How many historic monuments are there in La Flotte?
The Culture ministry lists 3 historic monuments in La Flotte: 2 classé and 1 inscrit.
Which monuments in La Flotte are classé?
2, among them Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame de Ré, dite des Châteliers and Fort de la Prée.
Is La Flotte a protected historic area?
One is on the way: a site patrimonial remarquable for La Flotte is on the ministry’s list, but its rules are still being drawn up.
How old are the homes in La Flotte?
10% of its main homes were built before 1919 (median compared French town: 7.4%).
France has no History Grade yet: this page describes, it doesn’t grade.
Sources: Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée base on POP (immeubles protégés au titre des monuments historiques), October 2026 · Ministère de la Culture, sites patrimoniaux remarquables, October 2026 · INSEE, census 2023 (main homes by build period) · Wikidata and Wikipedia (people born here) · Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata (photos of the monuments, each with its own credit and license) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.